Message By President Goodluck Jonathan After Announcement Of Presidential Election Results to Nigerians

Fellow Nigerians,
I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections.

I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure.
Although some people have expressed mixed feelings about the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I urge those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process based on our constitution and
our electoral laws, in seeking redress.
As I have always affirmed, nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity,stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else.

I congratulate all Nigerians for successfully going through the process of the March 28th General Elections with the commendable enthusiasm and
commitment that was demonstrated nationwide.

I also commend the Security Services for their role in ensuring that the elections were mostly peaceful and violence-free.
To my colleagues in the PDP, I thank you for your support.

Today, the PDP should be celebrating rather than mourning. We have established a legacy of democratic freedom,transparency, economic growth and free and fair elections.

For the past 16 years, we have steered the
country away from ethnic and regional politics.

We created a Pan-Nigerian political party and brought home to our people the realities of economic development and social transformation.
Through patriotism and diligence, we have built the biggest and most patriotic party in Nigerian history.

We must stand together as a party and
look to the future with renewed optimism.
I thank all Nigerians once again for the great opportunity I was given to lead this country and assure you that I will continue to do my best at the helm of national affairs until the end of my tenure.

I have conveyed my personal best wishes to General Muhammadu Buhari.

May God Almighty continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
I thank you all.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR

Nigeria election: Muhammadu Buhari wins

Nigerian presidential poll has been won by Muhammadu Buhari, in the country's first election victory by the opposition.

His opponent, Goodluck Jonathan, has conceded defeat and called Gen Buhari to congratulate him on his victory.
Gen Buhari was ahead of Mr Jonathan by at least three million votes.
Observers have generally praised the election but there have been allegations of fraud, which some fear could lead to protests and violence.
However, a spokesman for Gen Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) party praised Mr Jonathan, saying: "He will remain a hero for this move. The tension will go down dramatically."
"Anyone who tries to foment trouble on the account that they have lost the election will be doing so purely on his own," the spokesman added in quotes carried by Reuters.
This is a hugely significant moment in Nigeria's history - never before has a sitting president lost an election, the BBC's Will Ross reports from Abuja.
For the first time, many Nigerians feel they have the power to vote out a government that is not performing well, our correspondent adds.
Nigeria has suffered from several attacks by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has killed thousands of people in its drive to establish an Islamic state.
Many voters have said that they believe Gen Buhari is better positioned to defeat Boko Haram.
source BBC

BOMB BLAST IN ENUGU POLLING UNIT: ENUGU CP COMFIRMS BLAST.

Tension is high in Enugu following a reported bomb explosion at a polling unit at the WTC Primary School,Enugu, Saturday morning.WTC Primary School is located at Enugu North, one of the municipal local government areas in the Coal City State.
Meanwhile, this is not the first explosion to have happened in the state, in January, there was heightened tension in
Enugu following a bomb explosion at the national headquarters of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation,Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in the state.
It was further gathered that the explosion caused a fire outbreak but it was swiftly put out, and that the devastation affected parts of the main hall of the Ohanaeze secretariat where major meetings of the body are held.
Although no life was lost, close sources reported that the impact of the explosion shook the entire vicinity.
Many people have attributed the explosion to the recent leadership crisis which has pitched the Enwo Igariwey-led leadership against the Elders Council of Ohanaeze led by
elder statesman, Mbazuluike Amaechi.
Mean while Enugu CP Dan Bature addressing newsmen at the scene of the bomb blast said “what I am confirming to you is that there is a Hoda Accord car that was abandoned and as soon as we got information we sent our special unit on Anti Bomb Squad to confirm and assess the situation there were placed improvised devices . It was safe and we had to detonate it.
“We are trying to get whatever information we can get, whatever is their motive we don’t know. “Whoever is responsible we don’t know but what I am assuring you is that nobody was hurt.
Everywhere is safe and election is going on smoothly. I am on routine check and we have provided adequate security everywhere and that is why I said we are on top of the situation.
One exploded and we have detonated two others. The no of the vehicle is KUJ 971 LB

Swiss officials to returning about $380 million stolen by former dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, to Nigeria.

Swiss officials have said they will be returning about $380 million stolen by former dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, to Nigeria.

Geneva prosecutors, according to the Associated Press (AP), said on Tuesday that they ordered the money seized in Luxembourg starting in 2006. It was transferred to Switzerland and officially confiscated last year following an agreement between the federal government and the Abacha family under which the Nigerian government dropped its case against the late dictator’s son, Abba Abacha.

The money, confiscated on the basis that the Abacha family was a criminal organisation, will now be returned to Nigeria under World Bank supervision.
Geneva prosecutors closed their own case, opened in 1999, in which Abba Abacha was the last person still under investigation.
The $380 million had been placed in several accounts abroad that were controlled by the Abacha family, the Geneva prosecutors’ office said in a statement.

The money was seized in 2006 in Luxembourg, under orders from the Swiss authorities.

The Abacha family had also placed some $500 million (530 million euros) in Swiss banks, though those funds have already been returned to Nigeria.

The $380 million will be returned under the World Bank’s supervision, said the prosecutor’s office.

The authorities have also decided to drop their case against Abba Abacha, which began in 1999.

In 2012, the dictator’s son was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence for participating in a criminal organisation.

Switzerland’s top court cancelled the sentence in May 2014, citing procedural reasons.

The Geneva prosecutor’s office yesterday said Abba Abacha had been detained for 561 days from 2004 to 2006, without receiving compensation.

The Abacha affair began in 1999, when Nigeria asked the Swiss judicial authorities to help it recover $2.2 billion ($2 billion euros) embezzled and siphoned off by Sani Abacha while he was in power.

Last December, the State of Jersey, the biggest territory in the Channels Island, announced that it would return £315 million Abacha loot to Nigeria.
The Island famous for its transparent banking services had previously repatriated in two tranches £140 million of the loot.

The money was laundered on behalf of Abacha by Raj Bhojwani, an Indian businessman.

Bhojwani is currently serving an eight-year sentence in a UK prison.

WHEN IS THE MONEY ARRIVING NIGERIA?